Thanks Bob. The Times is demanding, in that word counts are inflexible and mistakes are not tolerated. But it was the subject matter and the difficulty of research that made this assignment tough. The Dream Cruise work was easy by comparison, because it's not lost in history, and the range of available material is expansive. Paul
On May 14, 2011, at 9:15 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > Paul, > That's a good story but the NYTimes must be a difficult customer. > Your Woodward Cruise nights story looked tougher. > Regards Bob S. > > On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 2:44 AM, Cotty <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 13/5/11, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >>> In almost 40 years as a writer and photographer, I've tackled some >>> pretty tough assignments, but this one has to go down as the most >>> difficult. It's the story of a car built sixty years ago by a somewhat >>> eccentric and very private millionaire. And only one person who was >>> there to see it is still alive. A couple of months of research and >>> numerous drafts were necessary, and because it's a newspaper piece, it >>> had to be whittled down to a manageable size. >>> Some of the photos that appear here and in Sunday's paper are mine. >>> Ironically, I shot them as snaps to show the Times editors what the car >>> looked like, but they were more than happy with them. I had intended to >>> do a controlled shoot, but whatever. In any case, it's here on the web >>> and will be on the front page of the Times auto section on Sunday. >> >> >> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/15/automobiles/15PAXTON.html?ref=automobiles >> >> Good job Paul, very interesting. >> >> -- >> >> >> Cheers, >> Cotty >> >> >> ___/\__ >> || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche >> ---------- http://www.cottysnaps.com >> _____________________________ >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
